1920s

1920

First silent movie shot on campus
1920
 

1921

Church attendance no longer required

1922

Sumner Hall moved to its current location
1922
 

1923

Mason and Crookshank constructed
1923
 

1924

First retirement plan for faculty and staff

1925

Founding of The Claremont Colleges consortium

1926

The last Pole Rush
1926
 

1927

Sponsor system established

1928

Charles Edmunds becomes fifth president
1928
 

1929

Frary Dining Hall built
1929
 
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1920

U.S. Women win right to vote

1921

First Miss America Pageant

1922

Joyce’s Ulysses published

1923

Coolidge becomes president

1924

Asian Exclusion Act signed

1925

Mount Rushmore dedicated

1926

Rudolph Valentino dies

1927

Lindburgh crosses the Atlantic

1928

Fleming discovers penicillin

1929

Wall Street crashes